Selfie
Digital Doppelgänger dancing with her selfie Young beauty in a temporary trance Plays for the camera and the gawkers alike We shall wake-up tomorrow from the dream The thumping headache will be our alarm Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill Carnival Galleries
Posing pooches under a Harry Potter sculpture Dog days in the night sitting for selfies Nothing can stop progress but progress itself London Night Shift at Leicester Square Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night Shift Gallery
Riding like an emperor on a triumphal chariot The self-drive joy of an almost pimped ride Taking masters of the night to a ride of pride Such are the perks of our sinking world The Titanic of all our dreams Comes in a shiny setting of luxury Deck chairs for an impending catastrophe… Photo Hugh […]
The Game Over in the sky Last sign before the flash Make sure you are in the picture Humanity cultivates its own errors Blaming it on its animal instincts Crosshairs of destiny… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates of Emergency Gallery
Shooting from the sidelines Capturing the candy and the candid The minutes of self-indulgence and vanity And all that would be consider lesser mortal sins Become overwhelming virtues When blessed by the angel of beauty Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery
Sitting on the kerb as if it was a riverside A she Diva of unearthly beauty watches herself And from time to time looks at the passing mortals Vanity is not a sin for a She Diva, it is just a lifestyle Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
Young black beauty absorbed in digital narcissism Indulging to the selfie self-sacrifice to the Gods of media A sleepwalk awake down Chepstow, just a step away from fame Wide-eyed sleeping beauty, zooming away at the speed of light The writing is on the road… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery